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Definition of Zoology
1. Noun. All the animal life in a particular region or period. "The zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
Exact synonyms: Fauna
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Group relationships: Biology, Biota
Specialized synonyms: Avifauna
Member holonyms: Animal Group
Antonyms: Flora
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Group relationships: Biology, Biota
Specialized synonyms: Avifauna
Member holonyms: Animal Group
Antonyms: Flora
2. Noun. The branch of biology that studies animals.
Exact synonyms: Zoological Science
Examples of category: Siphon, Syphon, Hood, Plastron, Collar, Protective Coloration, Mantle, Pallium, Cloaca, Venation, Venous Blood System, Natural Scientist, Naturalist, Aestivation, Estivation, Brachiate, Scaled, Scaley, Scaly, Jointed, Unjointed, Vagile, Caudate, Caudated, Acaudal, Acaudate, Pedate, Metabolic, Metabolous, Ametabolic, Ametabolous, Colonial, Compound, Nonsegmental, Unsegmented, Disjunct, Metameric, Segmental, Segmented, Univalve, Bivalve, Bivalved, Vertebrate, Invertebrate, Spineless, Live-bearing, Viviparous, Oviparous, Ovoviviparous, Warm-blooded, Cold-blooded, Alular, Ambulacral, Anguine, Annelid, Annelidan, Anserine, Anuran, Batrachian, Salientian, Arachnidian, Arachnoid, Spiderlike, Spiderly, Spidery, Araneidal, Araneidan, Arthropodal, Arthropodan, Arthropodous, Artiodactyl, Artiodactylous, Even-toed, Avian, Canine, Carangid, Filariid
Generic synonyms: Biological Science, Biology
Specialized synonyms: Bugology, Entomology, Ethology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Mammalogy, Oology, Ornithology, Protozoology, Palaeozoology, Paleozoology
Derivative terms: Zoological, Zoologist
Examples of category: Siphon, Syphon, Hood, Plastron, Collar, Protective Coloration, Mantle, Pallium, Cloaca, Venation, Venous Blood System, Natural Scientist, Naturalist, Aestivation, Estivation, Brachiate, Scaled, Scaley, Scaly, Jointed, Unjointed, Vagile, Caudate, Caudated, Acaudal, Acaudate, Pedate, Metabolic, Metabolous, Ametabolic, Ametabolous, Colonial, Compound, Nonsegmental, Unsegmented, Disjunct, Metameric, Segmental, Segmented, Univalve, Bivalve, Bivalved, Vertebrate, Invertebrate, Spineless, Live-bearing, Viviparous, Oviparous, Ovoviviparous, Warm-blooded, Cold-blooded, Alular, Ambulacral, Anguine, Annelid, Annelidan, Anserine, Anuran, Batrachian, Salientian, Arachnidian, Arachnoid, Spiderlike, Spiderly, Spidery, Araneidal, Araneidan, Arthropodal, Arthropodan, Arthropodous, Artiodactyl, Artiodactylous, Even-toed, Avian, Canine, Carangid, Filariid
Generic synonyms: Biological Science, Biology
Specialized synonyms: Bugology, Entomology, Ethology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Mammalogy, Oology, Ornithology, Protozoology, Palaeozoology, Paleozoology
Derivative terms: Zoological, Zoologist
Definition of Zoology
1. Noun. that part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. ¹
2. Noun. a treatise on this science. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of (zoology) ) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Zoology
1. the science that deals with animals [n -GIES] : ZOOLOGIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Zoology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Zoology
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